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118:48.60000; -101.61722
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846:Fort Ransom
836:Cross Ranch
831:Beaver Lake
742:Cedar River
714:Willow Lake
654:Springwater
649:Snyder Lake
639:Silver Lake
634:Sibley Lake
599:Pretty Rock
584:Maple River
539:Lake Nettie
529:Lake George
499:Hobart Lake
474:Dakota Lake
419:Appert Lake
190:floodplains
137:Established
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104:101°37′02″W
92:Coordinates
1286:Categories
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1149:New Mexico
1144:New Jersey
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775:Chase Lake
704:White Lake
674:Stump Lake
669:Storm Lake
624:Shell Lake
574:Lords Lake
559:Lambs Lake
524:Lake Alice
494:Hiddenwood
464:Chase Lake
262:References
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188:, fertile
101:48°36′00″N
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1109:Minnesota
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861:Icelandic
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709:Wild Rice
614:Rose Lake
609:Rock Lake
604:Rabb Lake
579:Lost Lake
569:Long Lake
554:Lake Zahl
544:Lake Otis
454:Camp Lake
439:Bone Hill
429:Arrowwood
196:-covered
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1024:Colorado
1014:Arkansas
780:Lostwood
757:Sheyenne
689:Tomahawk
684:Tewaukon
534:Lake Ilo
479:Des Lacs
250:See also
67:Renville
63:Location
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999:Alabama
434:Audubon
232:Baird's
198:coulees
155:Website
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444:Brumba
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194:shrub
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